Characterization of a Divergent Sec61β Gene in Microsporidia

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 359, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1196-1202

  Slamovits, Claudio H ^a   Burri, Lena ^a   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ER protein translocation; general secretory pathway; Sec61; secretion; SecYEG

Indexed keywords

ANTONOSPORA LOCUSTAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANTONOSPORA LOCUSTAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EUKARYOTA; MICROSPORIDIA; PROKARYOTA;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SEC61 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 33745175901     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.028     Document Type: Article

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